Hosts lose both tactical nous and sense of aura without their captain whose absence from final Test has underlined his importance
Hosts lose both tactical nous and sense of aura without their captain whose absence from final Test has underlined his importance
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Captain’s role at Old Trafford underlined England’s over-reliance on him and underlined how managing his creaking body will be…
His side may have got the best of the first day of the second Test, but it lacked the verve that their talismanic skipper brings
The talismanic Stokes, suspended for the Test at the Oval, is more than just a captain and will need the whole team to step up in…
Once again captain shows true endurance but, with nothing left to give, he looks painfully aware that tourists’ race is run
England are losing their Test captain, writes Lawrence Ostlere, while the head coach and ECB director continue to plod on despite…
Stokes returns as England's captain at Trent Bridge, but he takes charge of a team back at square one after a heavy loss in the…
